Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Orhan Pamuk Assassination Plot Foiled
Most of the posts on Art News Blog that mention the country of Turkey seem to be about artists suffering for their art. Like the Turkish author Elif Shafak insulting Turkish identity or the British born artist Michael Dickinson fighting for his freedom.
So, keeping with that theme, the Guardian has reported that a plot to kill the Nobel Prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has recently been interrupted. Thirteen people have been arrested in Turkey and accused of plotting to assassinate the author.
"The suspects have now been remanded in custody, among them retired military officers and the lawyer Kemal Kerincisz. The latter has been instrumental in the pursuit of a series of writers and intellectuals through the courts, filing cases against Pamuk himself as well as the novelists Elif Shafak and Perihan Magden and the murdered journalist Hrant Dink." Guardian
On a more positive note, here's a list of contemporary Turkish artists that I mentioned before.
>> Controversies, Turkish Art News ¶ 6:51 AM
So, keeping with that theme, the Guardian has reported that a plot to kill the Nobel Prize winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has recently been interrupted. Thirteen people have been arrested in Turkey and accused of plotting to assassinate the author.
"The suspects have now been remanded in custody, among them retired military officers and the lawyer Kemal Kerincisz. The latter has been instrumental in the pursuit of a series of writers and intellectuals through the courts, filing cases against Pamuk himself as well as the novelists Elif Shafak and Perihan Magden and the murdered journalist Hrant Dink." Guardian
On a more positive note, here's a list of contemporary Turkish artists that I mentioned before.
>> Controversies, Turkish Art News ¶ 6:51 AM
Orhan Pamuk is a brilliant writer, even through the mixed blessings of translation. May he stay well and die of old age, admired and read every minute.
Stephen
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